May 31, 2006
Put your money where your mouth isn't
On the 27th the Independent carried a headline about the
illegal
logging of ancient teak forests in Burma, to be sold at the Chelsea flower
show. On the inside in the 'save and spend' section of the newspaper were
recommendations on who to bet on if the current stock market downturn continues
(And it will).
First on the list is British American Tobacco. Ironic considering the front page, BAT still does business in Burma, albeit through a Singapore franchise. They were the last to remove operations from the country on the orders of the British government, their reason for maintaining a tertiary presence? "Maintaining local employment prospects" and protecting the "job prospects for its 500 employees".
Still my favourite of all the pro neoliberal globalisation arguements, "at least they have jobs". Maybe the Burmese people have more to worry about, for instance the military dictatorship that rules the country that is buttressed by foreign corporate investment, but hey, they still have jobs...
A court in Sydney also demanded that BAT gave the courts documents related to tobacco and cancer related illnesses, but BAT operates an Enron style filing system that shreds the most sensitive documents.
Recommended because: "The shares will continue to benefit from the inelastic demand of smokers"
Second is BP. Yet another link to Burma, BP subsidiary Arco operated oil rigs off the Burmese coast, before it was forced out again under pressure from activists. This is only one of many of the corporate crimes committed by this oil giant, despite all its green washing and propaganda it was amongst the top ten worst corporations for 2005, for its worker safety and environment record.
Third is BT. Aside from having a veritable monopoly on the British telecoms market, odds are if you are view this in Britain it will be along a line owned by BT, regardless of what company you are with. If you must have a Burma link one of BT's major shareholders Citigroup is another of the corporations who left the country, bowing to external pressures.
Fourth is Tesco. A near monopoly in the supermarket sector its stores range from faux local store, to monstrous American style big box malls. Giant warehouses where the workers need to wear roller-skates to get around the store. It has killed inner city grocers, fish mongers and butchers and its clothing is manufactured in Asian sweatshops.
Recommended because: "Tesco is strong and cash-generative"
Finally its United Utilities. A serial polluter that is consistently fined by the British Environment Agency, earlier this month it was fined £7,000 and ordered to pay £4,673 in costs for killing hundreds of trout with sewerage in Rochdale.
Recommended because: "stable, cash-generative and offers a whopping yield"
Despite a UN initiative called the "Principles for Responsible Investment" the mainstream continues to bet on black.
First on the list is British American Tobacco. Ironic considering the front page, BAT still does business in Burma, albeit through a Singapore franchise. They were the last to remove operations from the country on the orders of the British government, their reason for maintaining a tertiary presence? "Maintaining local employment prospects" and protecting the "job prospects for its 500 employees".
Still my favourite of all the pro neoliberal globalisation arguements, "at least they have jobs". Maybe the Burmese people have more to worry about, for instance the military dictatorship that rules the country that is buttressed by foreign corporate investment, but hey, they still have jobs...
A court in Sydney also demanded that BAT gave the courts documents related to tobacco and cancer related illnesses, but BAT operates an Enron style filing system that shreds the most sensitive documents.
Recommended because: "The shares will continue to benefit from the inelastic demand of smokers"
Second is BP. Yet another link to Burma, BP subsidiary Arco operated oil rigs off the Burmese coast, before it was forced out again under pressure from activists. This is only one of many of the corporate crimes committed by this oil giant, despite all its green washing and propaganda it was amongst the top ten worst corporations for 2005, for its worker safety and environment record.
Third is BT. Aside from having a veritable monopoly on the British telecoms market, odds are if you are view this in Britain it will be along a line owned by BT, regardless of what company you are with. If you must have a Burma link one of BT's major shareholders Citigroup is another of the corporations who left the country, bowing to external pressures.
Fourth is Tesco. A near monopoly in the supermarket sector its stores range from faux local store, to monstrous American style big box malls. Giant warehouses where the workers need to wear roller-skates to get around the store. It has killed inner city grocers, fish mongers and butchers and its clothing is manufactured in Asian sweatshops.
Recommended because: "Tesco is strong and cash-generative"
Finally its United Utilities. A serial polluter that is consistently fined by the British Environment Agency, earlier this month it was fined £7,000 and ordered to pay £4,673 in costs for killing hundreds of trout with sewerage in Rochdale.
Recommended because: "stable, cash-generative and offers a whopping yield"
Despite a UN initiative called the "Principles for Responsible Investment" the mainstream continues to bet on black.
May 07, 2006
You eat what you are?
There is one more reason to eat organic food - Pesticides
may affect penis size.
April 02, 2006
Artic Ice Sheet Melting, an Upside?
It has begun. The next
great resource grab is taking place north of the Arctic Circle, as the
great ice sheets melt various countries and international fossil fuel peddlers
are clamouring to stake a claim to an estimated 25% of the world's natural
gas and oil resources. Along with it, increased profiteering over the destruction
of the planet, added to the misery that has and will befall vast sections
of human society. No change there then.
In a similar cascade effect of more greenhouse gasses, warmer temperatures, ice sheet melt, less heat is reflected back into space, temperatures rise even more and so it continues. The economic nihilism that is the fossil fuel trade is all consuming, despite its claims of a cleaner, greener outlook. BP Amoco's green washing has become legendary, consistently receiving top marks and environment awards despite presiding over the worst oil spill on the North Alaskan slop ever, even though they first denied the size of the problem. A push for the exploration and exploitation of even more of the Earth's resources can only lead to one end, increased use, more pollution, and another death nail in the steady almost predictable climate that we are used to.
But it's not all bad, I'm sure we can fit more than 6 billion people onto Antarctica and maybe Greenland...
In a similar cascade effect of more greenhouse gasses, warmer temperatures, ice sheet melt, less heat is reflected back into space, temperatures rise even more and so it continues. The economic nihilism that is the fossil fuel trade is all consuming, despite its claims of a cleaner, greener outlook. BP Amoco's green washing has become legendary, consistently receiving top marks and environment awards despite presiding over the worst oil spill on the North Alaskan slop ever, even though they first denied the size of the problem. A push for the exploration and exploitation of even more of the Earth's resources can only lead to one end, increased use, more pollution, and another death nail in the steady almost predictable climate that we are used to.
But it's not all bad, I'm sure we can fit more than 6 billion people onto Antarctica and maybe Greenland...
March 05, 2006
Sip it, don't glug
Water metres are to be made
compulsory in the South East, a method that was described by Labour while
in opposition as "a
tax on family life". The company introducing the strategy is Folkestone
and Dover Water Services, a company that is owned by Veolia
Water UK, part of Veolia
Water, which is part of Veolia
Environment formerly known as Vivendi Environment.
You might recognise the name Vivendi they also owns Universal that owns, amongst other things the record labels Interscope and Geffen and computer games manufacturer Fox Interactive (Guess where that came from?). The turnover of UK operations for Veolia Environment is £1.5 billion (Page 4), Folkestone and Dover Water Services has a turnover of £12.8 million and supplies 162,000 homes.
The average amount of water used by UK households is between 100 and 160 litres, the amount lost per day by Folkestone and Dover is 8.4 million litres (Page 10), which could serve between 84000 and 52500 homes respectively.
Water is scarce, and household could do more to reduce their consumption, are water meters the answer? Companies are already increasing bills, continually increasing fuel duty hasn't taken cars off the road, and will the money raised go towards fixing the sometimes 100 years old pipe network or to the shareholders?
You might recognise the name Vivendi they also owns Universal that owns, amongst other things the record labels Interscope and Geffen and computer games manufacturer Fox Interactive (Guess where that came from?). The turnover of UK operations for Veolia Environment is £1.5 billion (Page 4), Folkestone and Dover Water Services has a turnover of £12.8 million and supplies 162,000 homes.
The average amount of water used by UK households is between 100 and 160 litres, the amount lost per day by Folkestone and Dover is 8.4 million litres (Page 10), which could serve between 84000 and 52500 homes respectively.
Water is scarce, and household could do more to reduce their consumption, are water meters the answer? Companies are already increasing bills, continually increasing fuel duty hasn't taken cars off the road, and will the money raised go towards fixing the sometimes 100 years old pipe network or to the shareholders?
February 11, 2006
The Anarchists are Coming!
The winter Olympics is being staged in Italy this year, home of far
right football firms, El
Duce's crypt, the
National Alliance, the
Red Brigade, Genoa
G8 police brutality trial and Silvio
Berlusconi's media empire. It is a country of polarised politics.
So in all their wisdom the greatest threat to the games is not Al-Qaeda, its anarchists, and the "the domestic subversion movement". Well they did try to steal the torch...
So in all their wisdom the greatest threat to the games is not Al-Qaeda, its anarchists, and the "the domestic subversion movement". Well they did try to steal the torch...
Oh the Irony...
After years of herding protesters into pens and filming all their respective
faces the police now have an idea o how it feels to be oppressed, officers
in New York protesting about the lack of movement on contracts in 2004 where
treated like anti-war, global justice and environment protesters. They didn't
like it.
The police, through their union are suing the city, essentially suing themselves over their first amendment rights.
Police Officers Sue over Police Surveillance of Their Protests
The police, through their union are suing the city, essentially suing themselves over their first amendment rights.
Police Officers Sue over Police Surveillance of Their Protests
February 03, 2006
I, Consumer
During the World Economic forum last week Bono unveiled
another bright idea to funnel money to the fight against AIDS in Africa, by
launching a capitalist's wet dream, Product
Red. The logic being that the purchases of certain items and the use of
a particular card will give Africa the boost it needs.
This form of political consumerism is backed by an internationally unpopular brand credit card, American Express (Only 1% of purchases will go to Africa, your interest will be more), former sweatshop owners Gap, Converse a subsidiary of slightly reformed sweatshop owner Nike and Giorgio Armani who bizarrely once attacked consumerism saying fashion should be "for the people".
Here are some of the best quotes surrounding this initiative:
Bono - "Philanthropy is like hippy music, holding hands. Red is more like punk rock, hip hop, this should feel like hard commerce". (I hear the punks in the audience recoil in horror)
"Here we are, fat cats in the snow".
"We are not endorsing their products, these products endorse us".
"Red can't make a crap company into a bright light. But if you take two equal firms, Red can help one shine brighter".
"Amex has a brand that is all about social status, what you have rather than who you are... The Red card says much more about you and what you stand for".
"Red is not a seal of approval... It is just saying that this company is getting busy with this most urgent of problems... pretty sure that Nike is working hard at improving the conditions of all who make its shoes".
"I'm calling it conscious commerce for people who are awake, people who think about their spending power and say: 'I've got two jeans I can buy. One I know is made in Africa and is going to make a difference and the other isn't. What am I going to buy?'"
American Express chief marketing officer John Hayes - "Traditional philanthropic models simply cannot solve this problem... conscientious commerce that will reward both our shareholders and the global community". (Notice who gets listed first)
It's economic propaganda and lifestyle branding at its most unnerving, where everything in life is reduced to a paid for experience, even the human precondition of the existence of a conscience.
Obligatory Fight Club quote - "You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your fucking khakis."
This form of political consumerism is backed by an internationally unpopular brand credit card, American Express (Only 1% of purchases will go to Africa, your interest will be more), former sweatshop owners Gap, Converse a subsidiary of slightly reformed sweatshop owner Nike and Giorgio Armani who bizarrely once attacked consumerism saying fashion should be "for the people".
Here are some of the best quotes surrounding this initiative:
Bono - "Philanthropy is like hippy music, holding hands. Red is more like punk rock, hip hop, this should feel like hard commerce". (I hear the punks in the audience recoil in horror)
"Here we are, fat cats in the snow".
"We are not endorsing their products, these products endorse us".
"Red can't make a crap company into a bright light. But if you take two equal firms, Red can help one shine brighter".
"Amex has a brand that is all about social status, what you have rather than who you are... The Red card says much more about you and what you stand for".
"Red is not a seal of approval... It is just saying that this company is getting busy with this most urgent of problems... pretty sure that Nike is working hard at improving the conditions of all who make its shoes".
"I'm calling it conscious commerce for people who are awake, people who think about their spending power and say: 'I've got two jeans I can buy. One I know is made in Africa and is going to make a difference and the other isn't. What am I going to buy?'"
American Express chief marketing officer John Hayes - "Traditional philanthropic models simply cannot solve this problem... conscientious commerce that will reward both our shareholders and the global community". (Notice who gets listed first)
It's economic propaganda and lifestyle branding at its most unnerving, where everything in life is reduced to a paid for experience, even the human precondition of the existence of a conscience.
Obligatory Fight Club quote - "You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your fucking khakis."
January 27, 2006
AK-47...
... When you absolutely have got to kill every motherfucker
in the room. Accept no substitutes.
They're at it again, a large NGO creates an advert that will in its own words: "Cinema-goers around the country will be shocked this week by a new advertisement offering AK-47 machine-guns for sale among the ads for cars and soft drinks". Amnesty is taking on the arms trade by employing an advert based around the format of a home shopping channel in an attempt to educate the public.
Despite the assumption that the public will be shocked by the advert, considering the targeting of adverts in cinemas towards certain demographics, I doubt you will see it before a Disney movie, like toys won't be plugged before a horror movie.
The advert focuses on the AK-47 the worlds most widely used automatic weapon, but the advert would be more effective if it mentioned Britain's heavy involvement in the arms trade (It also doesn't make the press release until more than half way down). There is very few countries that Britain doesn't sell arms to, arms sales last year include £1 billion to Africa, Indonesia, and £8bn to the Saudis.
People won't listen unless you point out what is happening in front of their eyes, then pull them back to see the wider picture.
Campaign Against Arms Trade
They're at it again, a large NGO creates an advert that will in its own words: "Cinema-goers around the country will be shocked this week by a new advertisement offering AK-47 machine-guns for sale among the ads for cars and soft drinks". Amnesty is taking on the arms trade by employing an advert based around the format of a home shopping channel in an attempt to educate the public.
Despite the assumption that the public will be shocked by the advert, considering the targeting of adverts in cinemas towards certain demographics, I doubt you will see it before a Disney movie, like toys won't be plugged before a horror movie.
The advert focuses on the AK-47 the worlds most widely used automatic weapon, but the advert would be more effective if it mentioned Britain's heavy involvement in the arms trade (It also doesn't make the press release until more than half way down). There is very few countries that Britain doesn't sell arms to, arms sales last year include £1 billion to Africa, Indonesia, and £8bn to the Saudis.
People won't listen unless you point out what is happening in front of their eyes, then pull them back to see the wider picture.
Campaign Against Arms Trade
January 13, 2006
Charley Says...
... When approaching an issue of nuclear power you don't
suppliment your argument with the threat of terrorism and there by reduce
your credibility to that of a sensationalist lowest common denominator. Whose
argument is closed by 'nuclear power is not the answer to climate change'
you confuse people because you just alluded to terrorism. 1+1 = 3.
Friday the 13th is here
By far one of the dumbest adverts since Unicef bombed the Smurfs, is this what NGOs are reduced to in attempting to get a message across?
Friday the 13th is here
By far one of the dumbest adverts since Unicef bombed the Smurfs, is this what NGOs are reduced to in attempting to get a message across?
December 17, 2005
Advertainement
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The European Union exists as a supranational law making entity, with over 15,000 lobbyists to contend with, 70% with corporate interests when a new law is proposed it is beaten into submission by corporations, even if there is no link to their respective industry.
An example of irrelevance was demonstrated by Hollywood and Sony who attempted to have illegal downloading written into anti terror laws, what they wanted was the same ability to examine the communications tracking and data retention that governments posses. Going as far as creating a front group the Creative and Media Business Alliance, their argument starts with lost revenues and descends into counterfeiting and terrorism. if they dropped their prices and didn't produce homogenous shit more people would buy. Failure to realise that they are the problem and not the act of downloading will lead the companies in the CMBAs march into obscurity.
Within the last week the European Commission has tried to overturn Britains laws on 'stealth advertising', loosely this means more subverted product placement it means characters in television programs saying popular slogans and plot lines based around products. The advertising body Ofcom has supported the new laws, it would see a change to the amount of advertising breaks but not the total length during an hour, that will stay at 12 minutes but it could mean more 30 second and more frequent barrages of ads.
One of the reasons this law has been suggested is because of hard drive technologies such as Tivo and Sky+, with which you can record programs without the ad breaks, the advertising industry and their clients are scared that this will reduce their revenue and muscle in on their collective brain washing.
What you may or may not realise is that governments already insert storylines into soaps, whenever you see a public information telephone number at the end of a soap it was a half hour long government information film.
December 02, 2005
Capitalism Will Eat Itself
When America is facing the challenge of an ever increasingly hostile world
and rampant anti-Americanism, who can save the world and reinstall America
as "a global leader and respected as a courier of progress and prosperity
for all people".
Big business of course or more accurately their front group Business for Diplomatic Action, those bastions of democracy, human rights and neo liberal economics that is helping drive poverty around the world.
America can stand proud knowing that McDonalds, ExxonMobil, tobacco company Philip Morris's PR agency Young & Rubicam (Parent company of front group specialists Burson-Marsteller), and Wal-Mart's PR agency Edelman (Board Members) have the peoples interest at the heart of their ethos.
Go visit Captain Capitalism or the other Captain Capitalism, and try and spot the difference.
When business has doubts over the biggest shopping days of the year and the increased proliferation of Buy Nothing Day, companies with an online interest have created 'Cyber Monday'.
Dreamt up a week before its media blitz 'Cyber Monday' was a response to Black Friday (The first Friday after thanks giving) the biggest day of the year for spending, not to be outdone the creation of newly hyped day is a clear strategy for the increase of personal debt.
Big business of course or more accurately their front group Business for Diplomatic Action, those bastions of democracy, human rights and neo liberal economics that is helping drive poverty around the world.
America can stand proud knowing that McDonalds, ExxonMobil, tobacco company Philip Morris's PR agency Young & Rubicam (Parent company of front group specialists Burson-Marsteller), and Wal-Mart's PR agency Edelman (Board Members) have the peoples interest at the heart of their ethos.
Go visit Captain Capitalism or the other Captain Capitalism, and try and spot the difference.
When business has doubts over the biggest shopping days of the year and the increased proliferation of Buy Nothing Day, companies with an online interest have created 'Cyber Monday'.
Dreamt up a week before its media blitz 'Cyber Monday' was a response to Black Friday (The first Friday after thanks giving) the biggest day of the year for spending, not to be outdone the creation of newly hyped day is a clear strategy for the increase of personal debt.
September 13, 2005
Tom Thumb
While the world falls down, Bush admits he is responsible, and the British public cause a petrol crisis by panic buying, Rupert Murdoch has been
quietly and with little fanfare buying up internet real estate.
Probably not the greatest concern for most internet users, if you wish to avoid all things News Corp the web was one of the last bastions. No more, while having a presence on practically every continent he has the ability to reach over 4.7 billion people. That number is rising. In the last few months he has raided online communities MySpace and IGN as well as a little know sports outlet Scout Media. This increases News Corp's internet visitors to 70 million a month comprising of over 12 billion web pages. But he still wants more.
On top of all this Channel 4 are thinking of switching their news coverage to Sky from ITN, following the lead of Channel 5. He's failed in an attempt to gain a share in Russia's only non-state run station, and a Saudi billionaire has just bought a chunk of News Corp.
Doesn't this worry anyone else that one man can reach the mental landscape of more than two thirds of the global population? When exactly does enough become enough?
Side story - "Reports state a planned Invasion of Venezuela to overthrow its President and reassert 'control' over Venezuela's vast oil reserves", I'd talk more about this but it makes me to angry.
Probably not the greatest concern for most internet users, if you wish to avoid all things News Corp the web was one of the last bastions. No more, while having a presence on practically every continent he has the ability to reach over 4.7 billion people. That number is rising. In the last few months he has raided online communities MySpace and IGN as well as a little know sports outlet Scout Media. This increases News Corp's internet visitors to 70 million a month comprising of over 12 billion web pages. But he still wants more.
On top of all this Channel 4 are thinking of switching their news coverage to Sky from ITN, following the lead of Channel 5. He's failed in an attempt to gain a share in Russia's only non-state run station, and a Saudi billionaire has just bought a chunk of News Corp.
Doesn't this worry anyone else that one man can reach the mental landscape of more than two thirds of the global population? When exactly does enough become enough?
Side story - "Reports state a planned Invasion of Venezuela to overthrow its President and reassert 'control' over Venezuela's vast oil reserves", I'd talk more about this but it makes me to angry.
July 17, 2005
Make Celebrity History
Delusions ran wild while 3 billion
people watched a live concert of sycophants and do-gooders, a boost in
record sales and some international recognition it was free market capitalism at
its finest. 26.4 million signed a petition to the Group of Eight leaders,
and then it was left to eight men to decide what to do with the climate and
Africa.
With the scales so unbearably skewed towards the peoples want for progress. The result was unsurprisingly stagnant and naturally the politicians at the G8 claiming victory. Further proof that the people should take democracy into their own hands, remove the layers of bullshit that keeps the socially conscious from changing anything and unbalancing the power order to become a more fair society.
What happened then? Bush quibbled over the use of the word 'immediate' when referring to climate change, he promised more discussion and research into technologies. A fine delaying tactic considering solar, wave and wind are already available.
'Weak' G8 environment text downgraded again
Bush urges less global oil use, as US guzzles it
Then there was Africa, an extra $25 billion in aid has been promised to the failing continent not immediately however, but by 2010. Enough time for the conditions of the aid to be met, namely the usual IMF and World Bank 'liberalisations', privatise your national industries, open up every market to outside investment, sell of the banks, decrease public spending and shrink government. These conditions were framed by Tony Blair as 'none of it can be implemented and improve the lives of African citizens without significant improvements in standards of governance, transparency and accountability'.
Let us look at the figures, debt relief will amount to $40 billion, Africa's total debt is over $300 billion dollars, therefore, as with the country of Ethiopia much of the aid money simply returned to the sender under the conditions of the IMF and not to help rebuild the country.
This is what the pro Bush duo of the moronic Bono and self righteous Geldof fail to understand, their efforts are commendable but narrow minded. That is also what politicians fail to grasp, they neither realise how informed protesters can be, and see no fault in the neo-liberal form of economics despite it failing at every attempt to spread further than the US and parts of Europe (Although they exist with a pinch of socialism).
Let the IMF riots roll...
G8 Climate Declaration and Action Plan
US evangelicals boost green lobby
The G8’s debt scam
From Iraq To The G8
G8 To Agree Need For Climate Action But No Targets
Africa's Richest Could Pay Its Debt
What Africa Really Needs
Campaigners divided on G8 outcome
An open letter to the G8 from Ethiopian scholars
Dear Mr. Geldof
Make Celebrity History
A Global Warming Primer
America feels the heat
With the scales so unbearably skewed towards the peoples want for progress. The result was unsurprisingly stagnant and naturally the politicians at the G8 claiming victory. Further proof that the people should take democracy into their own hands, remove the layers of bullshit that keeps the socially conscious from changing anything and unbalancing the power order to become a more fair society.
What happened then? Bush quibbled over the use of the word 'immediate' when referring to climate change, he promised more discussion and research into technologies. A fine delaying tactic considering solar, wave and wind are already available.
'Weak' G8 environment text downgraded again
Bush urges less global oil use, as US guzzles it
Then there was Africa, an extra $25 billion in aid has been promised to the failing continent not immediately however, but by 2010. Enough time for the conditions of the aid to be met, namely the usual IMF and World Bank 'liberalisations', privatise your national industries, open up every market to outside investment, sell of the banks, decrease public spending and shrink government. These conditions were framed by Tony Blair as 'none of it can be implemented and improve the lives of African citizens without significant improvements in standards of governance, transparency and accountability'.
Let us look at the figures, debt relief will amount to $40 billion, Africa's total debt is over $300 billion dollars, therefore, as with the country of Ethiopia much of the aid money simply returned to the sender under the conditions of the IMF and not to help rebuild the country.
This is what the pro Bush duo of the moronic Bono and self righteous Geldof fail to understand, their efforts are commendable but narrow minded. That is also what politicians fail to grasp, they neither realise how informed protesters can be, and see no fault in the neo-liberal form of economics despite it failing at every attempt to spread further than the US and parts of Europe (Although they exist with a pinch of socialism).
Let the IMF riots roll...
G8 Climate Declaration and Action Plan
US evangelicals boost green lobby
The G8’s debt scam
From Iraq To The G8
G8 To Agree Need For Climate Action But No Targets
Africa's Richest Could Pay Its Debt
What Africa Really Needs
Campaigners divided on G8 outcome
An open letter to the G8 from Ethiopian scholars
Dear Mr. Geldof
Make Celebrity History
A Global Warming Primer
America feels the heat
June 19, 2005
In God We Rust
The
New Blacklist reports about the ever increasing trend of enormous
corporations pulling their advertising from numerous programs, all because a
group of fear filled Christians is pushing its very Christ like compassionate
agenda of hate and intolerance.
Attempts to turn America into a Christian theocratic super state isn't anything new, the Red Scare lasted for decades the enemy being the atheist, communist super power of the USSR. It heralded the birth of McCarthyism with mass labelling of anyone left of centre as subversives and sympathisers, political discourse was strangled to the point of expiration and the instigation of witch trials.
Now we have this lot headed by the AFA, who are anti porn, pro family, anti gay, anti condom and don't like Disney too much either.
Here are a few numbers they should become very aware of, they have just over 2.2 million members the estimated homosexual population of America is between 14 and 16 million. In terms of economy the estimated buying power of gays lies at $610 billion, over $200 billion more than the defence budget of the US.
Organisations like the AFA are scared, the empowerment and freedom of people to live the life they wish to choose. This causes them cold sweats at night and they become hypocrites of the highest order, the sexual persuasion of Republican's is testament to that.
The evangelical Dr Hager forcibly sodomised his wife repeatedly, Jim West anti gay mayor of Spokane is accused of molesting boy scouts, Ed Schrock ranked as the 'second most conservative in Congress' quit his job after it came to light he had been calling gay chat lines with the purpose of setting up liaisons, and finally Neal Horsley admitted to fucking a mule.
In closing I am a Reverend, ordained by the Universal Life Church my religious title is Universal Philosopher of Absolute Reality, thank you AFA and fuck you.
Attempts to turn America into a Christian theocratic super state isn't anything new, the Red Scare lasted for decades the enemy being the atheist, communist super power of the USSR. It heralded the birth of McCarthyism with mass labelling of anyone left of centre as subversives and sympathisers, political discourse was strangled to the point of expiration and the instigation of witch trials.
Now we have this lot headed by the AFA, who are anti porn, pro family, anti gay, anti condom and don't like Disney too much either.
Here are a few numbers they should become very aware of, they have just over 2.2 million members the estimated homosexual population of America is between 14 and 16 million. In terms of economy the estimated buying power of gays lies at $610 billion, over $200 billion more than the defence budget of the US.
Organisations like the AFA are scared, the empowerment and freedom of people to live the life they wish to choose. This causes them cold sweats at night and they become hypocrites of the highest order, the sexual persuasion of Republican's is testament to that.
The evangelical Dr Hager forcibly sodomised his wife repeatedly, Jim West anti gay mayor of Spokane is accused of molesting boy scouts, Ed Schrock ranked as the 'second most conservative in Congress' quit his job after it came to light he had been calling gay chat lines with the purpose of setting up liaisons, and finally Neal Horsley admitted to fucking a mule.
In closing I am a Reverend, ordained by the Universal Life Church my religious title is Universal Philosopher of Absolute Reality, thank you AFA and fuck you.
April 24, 2005
Paint the World Green
Pat on the Back, Knife in the World
A list has been published detailing the top corporations that are leading their industries in 'environmental management', and at the same time release the Corporate Responsibility index some of the companies overlap.
Even if you have little knowledge of environmental criminals you will recognise the names and will be surprised at their inclusion in such a list, it is a green washing PR exercise and what makes it most dangerous is that these companies believe they are being 'good'.
After each company is their placement in the Environment Index fist and if applicable the Corporate Responsibility index second, companies will be grouped by industry.
GlaxoSmithKline (1st) - Corporate crimes, top 10 worst corporations of 2004.
Tesco Stores Limited (26th), Marks & Spencer (56th, 14th) - How M&S uses wood from rainforests, corporate crimes Tesco, Ducks out of Water, Save or Delete.
British American Tobacco (26th, 46th), Imperial Tobacco (78th) - The Least Responsible Company In The World? Smoking related deaths expected to rocket, Tobacco Control Guide, Cigarette Butts as Litter—Toxic as Well as Ugly, Why is tobacco a public health priority?
BP (34th, 14th), Shell (44th), Premier Oil (92nd, 67th) - Corporate crimes BP, corporate crimes Shell, New report suggests Premier Oil knew of Burma abuses, corporate crimes Premier Oil, Barren Justice, British Petroleum Pipeline Hit by Fresh Human Rights Storm, Shell Games at the Earth Summit, U.S., Britain Fine Shell $150 Million for Lying on Oil Reserves, Shell Abandons Argentine Gasoline Price Increase After Boycott, Turks Boycott Shell, Mobil, BP.
Ford (56th, 48th), Land Rover (78th) - Ford Excursion and the Range rover get 12 miles to the gallon in the city and 16 on the motorway, health effects of car exhausts, 1.2 million people die each year in road accidents, SUV myths and realities, Greenwashing Leaves a Stain of Distortion; Ford's Hybrid Electric SUV, Lancaster Land Rover targeted by climate protestors.
Unilever (38th, 32nd), Nestle (56th) - Food multinationals threaten fight against poverty, World Wide Fund for Nature Makes GM Soya ‘Sustainable’, Free Trade Leaves World Food in Grip of Global Giants, "Nestlé is the target of a boycott in 20 countries because it aggressively markets baby foods, breaking World Health Assembly marketing requirements and contributing to the death and suffering of infants around the world." Cereal killers? Corporate crimes.
Barclays (1st, 32nd) - Iceland killers, Naramda Valley dam, Omkareshwar dam, Trans-Thai-Malaysia gas pipeline, Lenders Urge World Bank to Reject Oil, Mining Pullout.
An Environment and Corporate Responsibility index that contains large pharmaceuticals, food producers, a chemicals producer, supermarket monopoliser, a bank with all ten fingers, toes penis and testicles in as many pies as possible, the motor industry and the tobacco industry makes me tingle deep down inside, I have so much confidence that the planet is in good hands.
It all makes perfect sense, all I need to do is employ a powerful lobby group and PR agency. Then I can lie, cheat murder and affect a vast proportion of the population and the rest of the industry will still give me sexual favours because at least I say I'm doing something productive, everyone is a winner.
A list has been published detailing the top corporations that are leading their industries in 'environmental management', and at the same time release the Corporate Responsibility index some of the companies overlap.
Even if you have little knowledge of environmental criminals you will recognise the names and will be surprised at their inclusion in such a list, it is a green washing PR exercise and what makes it most dangerous is that these companies believe they are being 'good'.
After each company is their placement in the Environment Index fist and if applicable the Corporate Responsibility index second, companies will be grouped by industry.
GlaxoSmithKline (1st) - Corporate crimes, top 10 worst corporations of 2004.
Tesco Stores Limited (26th), Marks & Spencer (56th, 14th) - How M&S uses wood from rainforests, corporate crimes Tesco, Ducks out of Water, Save or Delete.
British American Tobacco (26th, 46th), Imperial Tobacco (78th) - The Least Responsible Company In The World? Smoking related deaths expected to rocket, Tobacco Control Guide, Cigarette Butts as Litter—Toxic as Well as Ugly, Why is tobacco a public health priority?
BP (34th, 14th), Shell (44th), Premier Oil (92nd, 67th) - Corporate crimes BP, corporate crimes Shell, New report suggests Premier Oil knew of Burma abuses, corporate crimes Premier Oil, Barren Justice, British Petroleum Pipeline Hit by Fresh Human Rights Storm, Shell Games at the Earth Summit, U.S., Britain Fine Shell $150 Million for Lying on Oil Reserves, Shell Abandons Argentine Gasoline Price Increase After Boycott, Turks Boycott Shell, Mobil, BP.
Ford (56th, 48th), Land Rover (78th) - Ford Excursion and the Range rover get 12 miles to the gallon in the city and 16 on the motorway, health effects of car exhausts, 1.2 million people die each year in road accidents, SUV myths and realities, Greenwashing Leaves a Stain of Distortion; Ford's Hybrid Electric SUV, Lancaster Land Rover targeted by climate protestors.
Unilever (38th, 32nd), Nestle (56th) - Food multinationals threaten fight against poverty, World Wide Fund for Nature Makes GM Soya ‘Sustainable’, Free Trade Leaves World Food in Grip of Global Giants, "Nestlé is the target of a boycott in 20 countries because it aggressively markets baby foods, breaking World Health Assembly marketing requirements and contributing to the death and suffering of infants around the world." Cereal killers? Corporate crimes.
Barclays (1st, 32nd) - Iceland killers, Naramda Valley dam, Omkareshwar dam, Trans-Thai-Malaysia gas pipeline, Lenders Urge World Bank to Reject Oil, Mining Pullout.
An Environment and Corporate Responsibility index that contains large pharmaceuticals, food producers, a chemicals producer, supermarket monopoliser, a bank with all ten fingers, toes penis and testicles in as many pies as possible, the motor industry and the tobacco industry makes me tingle deep down inside, I have so much confidence that the planet is in good hands.
It all makes perfect sense, all I need to do is employ a powerful lobby group and PR agency. Then I can lie, cheat murder and affect a vast proportion of the population and the rest of the industry will still give me sexual favours because at least I say I'm doing something productive, everyone is a winner.
April 10, 2005
Corporate Machinations
Part 3 - The Redtop Manifesto
This isn't just a pointed attack towards the redtops this encapsulates all traditional tabloids from the Murdoch Empire of the News of the World and the Sun to the criminal hanging, doom and gloom, former fascist sympathisers at the Daily Mail and the Daily Express.
This is the manufacturing of opinion on the mass level, news has taken a side step and bias has overwhelmed those wishing to follow in Americas distorted footsteps.
Al Qaeda doesn't exist - In a lazy paint roller of a name had to be created for a vast range of terrorist groups and cells that don't actually have much to do with each other. This gives an illusion of a well honed intricate network, this is why very little is know about 'Al Qaeda' giving it an umbrella name is easy connecting the dots is near impossible.
Pope John Paul II was 'great' - He did give the Polish enough hope to overthrow communism however, he wasn't responsible for its destruction. The growing of Catholism in Africa and his views on the condom have aided the spread of AIDS in the continent and millions of deaths. The cover up of paedophile priests went to the very top.
The Iraq was right - Upon the release of the Iraqi weapons dossier the mercurial Sun proclaimed 'He's got them lets get him' how succinct for the countries favourite paper and how wrong the were. British Intelligence Admits Mistakes on Iraqi WMD and CIA Officials, Lawmakers Question Why Iraq Intelligence Failure Details Did Not Emerge Earlier. Why have only literal heads rolled for this and not the figurative? Britain and America lied, Bush got a second term and Blair will probably be re-elected, isn't western tainted Democracy grand?
This isn't just a pointed attack towards the redtops this encapsulates all traditional tabloids from the Murdoch Empire of the News of the World and the Sun to the criminal hanging, doom and gloom, former fascist sympathisers at the Daily Mail and the Daily Express.
This is the manufacturing of opinion on the mass level, news has taken a side step and bias has overwhelmed those wishing to follow in Americas distorted footsteps.
Al Qaeda doesn't exist - In a lazy paint roller of a name had to be created for a vast range of terrorist groups and cells that don't actually have much to do with each other. This gives an illusion of a well honed intricate network, this is why very little is know about 'Al Qaeda' giving it an umbrella name is easy connecting the dots is near impossible.
Pope John Paul II was 'great' - He did give the Polish enough hope to overthrow communism however, he wasn't responsible for its destruction. The growing of Catholism in Africa and his views on the condom have aided the spread of AIDS in the continent and millions of deaths. The cover up of paedophile priests went to the very top.
The Iraq was right - Upon the release of the Iraqi weapons dossier the mercurial Sun proclaimed 'He's got them lets get him' how succinct for the countries favourite paper and how wrong the were. British Intelligence Admits Mistakes on Iraqi WMD and CIA Officials, Lawmakers Question Why Iraq Intelligence Failure Details Did Not Emerge Earlier. Why have only literal heads rolled for this and not the figurative? Britain and America lied, Bush got a second term and Blair will probably be re-elected, isn't western tainted Democracy grand?
April 03, 2005
Brief Intermission
A Letter From 10 Downing Street
Who would have known that a fax submitted through the Greenpeace website to Tony Blair would result in a mail shot letter with a printed signature. He must be getting a lot of them this is what I wrote:
"Fuel inefficient Sports Utility Vehicles are ever increasingly clogging up the roads, they are not a vehicle suited for cities and despite the fact that people should have a Van license to drive such a large car they have been proven to be the worse polluters of all.
Whether this form of direct action is effective remains to be seen however, politicians have email addresses (Fax or write) if you want to know what is being done find the one of your local MP and ask them about it they will answser you eventually.
To change the system you have to use it rather than rub up against it like a faulty windscreen wiper, civil disobedience will only work so far.
Who would have known that a fax submitted through the Greenpeace website to Tony Blair would result in a mail shot letter with a printed signature. He must be getting a lot of them this is what I wrote:
"Fuel inefficient Sports Utility Vehicles are ever increasingly clogging up the roads, they are not a vehicle suited for cities and despite the fact that people should have a Van license to drive such a large car they have been proven to be the worse polluters of all.
When are we the British people going to see the fruits of your special relationship with George Bush especially with climate change? While the Kyoto Treaty won't stop the global warming it is at least a step in a direction the whole world needs to be on board.
Hypocrisy also lies in the fact that the Whitehouse has solar panels yet renewable energy sources are rarely promoted in the main because they are not economically viable how is the human race to survive on a planet that cannot sustain it? Having some of the worlds largest tides Britain does not need to rely on the nuclear industry to supply 25% of its power and the tax payer certainly shouldn't be the ones to bail out BNFL to the tune of £68 billion."
The reply is predictable, ironically it is written on water marked Conqueror paper, anyway back to the point it is overflowing with statistics and hammers home the ratification of the Kyoto treaty by 145 countries (US didn't sign up). Talks about the G8's commitment to climate change citing the figure 47% of emmissions belong to the G8 the US alone produces 22%.Whether this form of direct action is effective remains to be seen however, politicians have email addresses (Fax or write) if you want to know what is being done find the one of your local MP and ask them about it they will answser you eventually.
To change the system you have to use it rather than rub up against it like a faulty windscreen wiper, civil disobedience will only work so far.
March 27, 2005
Corporate Machinations
Part 2 - Fad Me Till I Bleed
Hey look a shiny new toy that I can spend a majority of my monthly wage on or alternatively nag my parent/guardian to buy me, plunging them further into debt keeping me quiet until the 'new' version comes out look its slimline and oooh if I don't get it I'll die.
Hmm if I loose it or it gets stolen while I dance around in fancy silhouette mode and someone plants a crowbar in my sinuses while I'm not looking that is another £200 I'll have to shell out for a replacement along with £3950 to get all those songs back from iTunes because my computer took a dump when the latest virus ate through my hard drive quicker than Johnny Vegas sucking down a Pot Noodle...
Put a gun against my head and paint the wall with my brains.
Why do human beings suddenly become magpies when a not so clever ad with a catchy tune invades the collective consciousness is this the price we pay for technology, evolution and civilisation? Advertisers and product makers think you are stupid in doing so creating product life cycles, cash cows(Golden calf anybody?), life style branding and substitute products made by the same company but you'll pay the extra because it has an additional turd attached, pluck out my eyes and feed them to the pigeons.
It isn't the technology that causes irritation, it is the so called culture that is created around an object, peoples lives have become so vacuous there is a need to replace old Gods consequently making their lives feel more complete until something else comes along and becomes a 'must have'. Freedom is more than being able to vote, don't follow the herd lead an army of one by destroying your idols and taking their place.
'All a gun does is focus an explosion in one direction. You have a class of young strong men and women, and they want to give their lives to something. Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they don't need. Generations have been working in jobs they hate, just so they can buy what they don't really need...'
'..We don't have a great war in our generation, or a great depression, but we do, we have a great war of the spirit. We have a great revolution against the culture. The great depression is our lives. We have a spiritual depression.' - Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuck
Hey look a shiny new toy that I can spend a majority of my monthly wage on or alternatively nag my parent/guardian to buy me, plunging them further into debt keeping me quiet until the 'new' version comes out look its slimline and oooh if I don't get it I'll die.
Hmm if I loose it or it gets stolen while I dance around in fancy silhouette mode and someone plants a crowbar in my sinuses while I'm not looking that is another £200 I'll have to shell out for a replacement along with £3950 to get all those songs back from iTunes because my computer took a dump when the latest virus ate through my hard drive quicker than Johnny Vegas sucking down a Pot Noodle...
Put a gun against my head and paint the wall with my brains.
Why do human beings suddenly become magpies when a not so clever ad with a catchy tune invades the collective consciousness is this the price we pay for technology, evolution and civilisation? Advertisers and product makers think you are stupid in doing so creating product life cycles, cash cows(Golden calf anybody?), life style branding and substitute products made by the same company but you'll pay the extra because it has an additional turd attached, pluck out my eyes and feed them to the pigeons.
It isn't the technology that causes irritation, it is the so called culture that is created around an object, peoples lives have become so vacuous there is a need to replace old Gods consequently making their lives feel more complete until something else comes along and becomes a 'must have'. Freedom is more than being able to vote, don't follow the herd lead an army of one by destroying your idols and taking their place.
'All a gun does is focus an explosion in one direction. You have a class of young strong men and women, and they want to give their lives to something. Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they don't need. Generations have been working in jobs they hate, just so they can buy what they don't really need...'
'..We don't have a great war in our generation, or a great depression, but we do, we have a great war of the spirit. We have a great revolution against the culture. The great depression is our lives. We have a spiritual depression.' - Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuck
March 20, 2005
Corporate Machinations
Part 1 - Suck me dry
Hidden news or to be more accurate a severely buried story yet it is grounded in logic and rational thought. If you remove so much oil and natural gas from underneath the enormous weight of the ocean without putting anything back only leaving a hole what happens when the stress becomes to much or the tectonic plate moves?
Earthquakes, large ones and for the point of this argument placing the light on one company in particular that operates in the Aceh oil fields with a history of record profits £13.4 billion last year and with a long list of both human rights and environmental wrong doings to their name is one of the least socially conscious of the 'big boys' (While they do run public programs the content isn't decided on by the public, thus pushing their own agenda you want to help communities let them decide).
Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of Exxon Mobil and the possibility that their operations in the area might have triggered the Asian Tsunami. Quiet possibly the most despised of all the oil companies mainly down to a denial that global warming is a current problem opting more for the language of potential kindly illustrated in a speech garnered from their own website:
"If global warming turns out to be one of mankind's greatest potential challenges, then surely we deserve more than a choice out of one single option. The debate we need to have is not simply to determine who is for and who is against Kyoto. That debate has brought a lot of useless controversy and has damaged international relationships. The debate should be expanded and continued to consider all our options in a manner that matches the gradually improving scientific understanding of potential climate change. There is ample time to do so or even to try several options in different regions before committing to the most effective approach." - René Dahan, executive vice president
Climate change has occurred for at least a century possibly more the Industrial Revolution would have been the starting point for the vast increases in CO2 emissions across the globe. While they say they are cleaning up their act which granted they are, there is still a lack of outward thinking with profits being placed above people the climate will not stand still for the 'wait and see' head in the sand policies if they are only concerned in money let them answer this where is the turnover going to come from when all the customers are dead?
Hidden news or to be more accurate a severely buried story yet it is grounded in logic and rational thought. If you remove so much oil and natural gas from underneath the enormous weight of the ocean without putting anything back only leaving a hole what happens when the stress becomes to much or the tectonic plate moves?
Earthquakes, large ones and for the point of this argument placing the light on one company in particular that operates in the Aceh oil fields with a history of record profits £13.4 billion last year and with a long list of both human rights and environmental wrong doings to their name is one of the least socially conscious of the 'big boys' (While they do run public programs the content isn't decided on by the public, thus pushing their own agenda you want to help communities let them decide).
Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of Exxon Mobil and the possibility that their operations in the area might have triggered the Asian Tsunami. Quiet possibly the most despised of all the oil companies mainly down to a denial that global warming is a current problem opting more for the language of potential kindly illustrated in a speech garnered from their own website:
"If global warming turns out to be one of mankind's greatest potential challenges, then surely we deserve more than a choice out of one single option. The debate we need to have is not simply to determine who is for and who is against Kyoto. That debate has brought a lot of useless controversy and has damaged international relationships. The debate should be expanded and continued to consider all our options in a manner that matches the gradually improving scientific understanding of potential climate change. There is ample time to do so or even to try several options in different regions before committing to the most effective approach." - René Dahan, executive vice president
Climate change has occurred for at least a century possibly more the Industrial Revolution would have been the starting point for the vast increases in CO2 emissions across the globe. While they say they are cleaning up their act which granted they are, there is still a lack of outward thinking with profits being placed above people the climate will not stand still for the 'wait and see' head in the sand policies if they are only concerned in money let them answer this where is the turnover going to come from when all the customers are dead?
March 13, 2005
Corporate Machinations
Introduction
Over the coming weeks I will be doing a series of images and related articles into how the biggest corporations are being allowed to get away with systematic brain washing, racketeering, criminal negligence and mass murder to name but a few of their crimes.
Why would I do such a thing to the supposed cornerstones of Democracy and civilisation the pinnacle of neo liberal economics and the trickle down economy? For a simple reason like most ideologies corporatism has failed to help humanity spiritually, economically and aided general well-being because of human greed and corruption.
The richest 1% of the world have income equivalent to the poorest 57%, how have corporations and the people that own them become so powerful? It rests on a head note (not law) attributed to the case Santa Clara County vs Southern Pacific Railroad Company and the wording of the 14th amendment corporations have seemingly been granted personhood and all the rights that such a thing entails. It is because of this misconception that corporations can form lobby groups and fund political campaigns with impunity but with more monetary might than most countries wealth combined.
Since then they have hijacked the 4th, 5th and 7th.
Stay tuned.
Over the coming weeks I will be doing a series of images and related articles into how the biggest corporations are being allowed to get away with systematic brain washing, racketeering, criminal negligence and mass murder to name but a few of their crimes.
Why would I do such a thing to the supposed cornerstones of Democracy and civilisation the pinnacle of neo liberal economics and the trickle down economy? For a simple reason like most ideologies corporatism has failed to help humanity spiritually, economically and aided general well-being because of human greed and corruption.
The richest 1% of the world have income equivalent to the poorest 57%, how have corporations and the people that own them become so powerful? It rests on a head note (not law) attributed to the case Santa Clara County vs Southern Pacific Railroad Company and the wording of the 14th amendment corporations have seemingly been granted personhood and all the rights that such a thing entails. It is because of this misconception that corporations can form lobby groups and fund political campaigns with impunity but with more monetary might than most countries wealth combined.
Since then they have hijacked the 4th, 5th and 7th.
Stay tuned.
February 10, 2005
This is your God
Ad men and brand
managers are the new priests and shamans for the information age their
creations are there to be connected with emotion they call it 'lifestyle branding', can't run fast unless you wear Nike,
you'll stay thirsty if you don't drink Coke. They tell you how to live and what
you need to buy to reach capitalist enlightenment. The seven day a week icons
are worshipped beyond anything the Church could muster and in a much shorter
time span have been elevate beyond the old Gods. The ethereal brand with it's
billboard iconography, evangelist style advertising and high street places of
worship the dogma of slogan and only one commandment 'Thou shall consume'. Jesus
wept.
At one such altar chaos ensued, they didn't fight over food or water, territory, it wasn't religion or natural resources. They fought over furniture and light fittings, is this what future wars will be like?
City size department stores turned into war zones during every sale, a consumerist Auschwitz made from flat pack pine and mdf, career shoppers practice guerrilla warfare in the lingerie aisles while the food and drink section is raided by factions of the army of the blue bathrobe. Weapons of mass destruction are created from floor lighting and electronics, cults string up amongst the coat racks worshipping everything from fancily patterned throwback 60's rugs to power tools...
"faith's foundation feeding the need to build to and exist in unite build reaching the masses, one machine breeding, a common goal unite build reaching raining down splitting the tongues unfulfilled souls stuffed on their scripture, our greed will burn unite build reaching the hand of God will destroy evolving face, he babbles thy speech unite build reaching raining down splitting the tongues we'll fear, We'll fear him unite build destroy" - Will Haven 'Genesis 11'
At one such altar chaos ensued, they didn't fight over food or water, territory, it wasn't religion or natural resources. They fought over furniture and light fittings, is this what future wars will be like?
City size department stores turned into war zones during every sale, a consumerist Auschwitz made from flat pack pine and mdf, career shoppers practice guerrilla warfare in the lingerie aisles while the food and drink section is raided by factions of the army of the blue bathrobe. Weapons of mass destruction are created from floor lighting and electronics, cults string up amongst the coat racks worshipping everything from fancily patterned throwback 60's rugs to power tools...
"faith's foundation feeding the need to build to and exist in unite build reaching the masses, one machine breeding, a common goal unite build reaching raining down splitting the tongues unfulfilled souls stuffed on their scripture, our greed will burn unite build reaching the hand of God will destroy evolving face, he babbles thy speech unite build reaching raining down splitting the tongues we'll fear, We'll fear him unite build destroy" - Will Haven 'Genesis 11'
September 15, 2004
Coca
Chew on This
There are more talked about conflicts such as the Zapatista in the Chiapas Mountains of Mexico, yet another affront on an ancient way of life is under attack in Bolivia.
Under the guise of America's War on Drugs the Bolivian government has set itself the impossible task of ridding the country of Coca, the plant which can be used to make cocaine, others however, point to Bolivia’s natural resources in the same regions mainly gold and oil.
Similar to the Zapata, protest comes in the form of direct political action even having members in the Bolivian congress as elected officials. Democracy in action.
Chew On This “For Us, Coca is Life” A Documentary - Small, medium, large (Mov format).
While I'm on the subject of protest Gandhi, Guns ‘n Gaza.
"Gandhi or Guevara ? Violence or non-violence? The Mahatma or the Machine Gun?"
There are more talked about conflicts such as the Zapatista in the Chiapas Mountains of Mexico, yet another affront on an ancient way of life is under attack in Bolivia.
Under the guise of America's War on Drugs the Bolivian government has set itself the impossible task of ridding the country of Coca, the plant which can be used to make cocaine, others however, point to Bolivia’s natural resources in the same regions mainly gold and oil.
Similar to the Zapata, protest comes in the form of direct political action even having members in the Bolivian congress as elected officials. Democracy in action.
Chew On This “For Us, Coca is Life” A Documentary - Small, medium, large (Mov format).
While I'm on the subject of protest Gandhi, Guns ‘n Gaza.
"Gandhi or Guevara ? Violence or non-violence? The Mahatma or the Machine Gun?"
September 05, 2004
Faith
If You Believe Hard Enough
WTO approves sanctions against US
EU: WTO gives U.S. the Byrd
What does Jesus have to do with the trade relations between the EU, US and World Trade Organisation? Absolutely nothing I'd finished the image and needed something to go with it...
WTO approves sanctions against US
EU: WTO gives U.S. the Byrd
What does Jesus have to do with the trade relations between the EU, US and World Trade Organisation? Absolutely nothing I'd finished the image and needed something to go with it...
August 19, 2004
Well
I Didn't Know...
The United Nations headquarters in New York is built on land donated by JD Rockefeller Jr a member of the original Council of Foreign Relations who offer their own take on such subjects as the Iraq war. Yes, there are conspiracy theories a plenty.
Off again, back Tuesday.
The United Nations headquarters in New York is built on land donated by JD Rockefeller Jr a member of the original Council of Foreign Relations who offer their own take on such subjects as the Iraq war. Yes, there are conspiracy theories a plenty.
Off again, back Tuesday.
August 15, 2004
Honey?
This Water Tastes Funny...
Stay calm everyone, there's Prozac in the drinking water
Not completely sure if you are depressed? The ever malevolent makers of Prozac Eli Lily have most gleefully put a self assessment test on the Prozac website which they say after putting you through two disclaimers 'If your score is 50 or higher, consider printing the results of your test to show it to your doctor'.
My score was 56 they fail to factor in the cynic factor I'm not hopeful about the future, my job fills me with rage getting up in the morning is a trial and 'looking at, talking to, and being with attractive men/women' knowing their definition of attractive to me is vacuous and tedious to be around.
Stranger still is that a search for 'happy children' produces the article Lesbian families 'have happy children' as the number one result.
Stay calm everyone, there's Prozac in the drinking water
Not completely sure if you are depressed? The ever malevolent makers of Prozac Eli Lily have most gleefully put a self assessment test on the Prozac website which they say after putting you through two disclaimers 'If your score is 50 or higher, consider printing the results of your test to show it to your doctor'.
My score was 56 they fail to factor in the cynic factor I'm not hopeful about the future, my job fills me with rage getting up in the morning is a trial and 'looking at, talking to, and being with attractive men/women' knowing their definition of attractive to me is vacuous and tedious to be around.
Stranger still is that a search for 'happy children' produces the article Lesbian families 'have happy children' as the number one result.
August 08, 2004
Pardon
Did I Hear Something?
Ever ready to search for new and inventive ways to infect the collective consciousness and cause a feeling of want making you consume the backlash has and is already happening against lifestyle branding Adbusters is testament to that.
A swift aside lifestyle branding as it is known is where corporations attempt to associate an emotion with a brand and in turn make their products essential to your existence without which you would be nothing. A creation of desire through an emotive response. For examples see Nike, McDonalds and the alleged anti-brand French Connection.
If you have ever seen Futurama where dreams are interspersed with adverts or the Minority Report where eye scans tailor billboards to your needs, well the future is already here.
Currently in Japan vending machines are being inplanted with hypersonic sound generators which will beam the noise of a glass filling with ice cubes or the opening and pouring of a drink can directly into your inner ear. Essentially you will hear it inside your head and have no choice in whether or not you wish to listen. Does this not scare anyone?
We hold these freedoms to be self-evident...
Woody Norris has a way of getting inside your head...
American Technology Corporation
Ever ready to search for new and inventive ways to infect the collective consciousness and cause a feeling of want making you consume the backlash has and is already happening against lifestyle branding Adbusters is testament to that.
A swift aside lifestyle branding as it is known is where corporations attempt to associate an emotion with a brand and in turn make their products essential to your existence without which you would be nothing. A creation of desire through an emotive response. For examples see Nike, McDonalds and the alleged anti-brand French Connection.
If you have ever seen Futurama where dreams are interspersed with adverts or the Minority Report where eye scans tailor billboards to your needs, well the future is already here.
Currently in Japan vending machines are being inplanted with hypersonic sound generators which will beam the noise of a glass filling with ice cubes or the opening and pouring of a drink can directly into your inner ear. Essentially you will hear it inside your head and have no choice in whether or not you wish to listen. Does this not scare anyone?
We hold these freedoms to be self-evident...
Woody Norris has a way of getting inside your head...
American Technology Corporation
July 29, 2004
Con
The Gimmick That Isn't
I'm sure you've seen the gloriously irritating ads with the all American girl next door Jennifer Aniston wandering in and out of locations through various trans dimensional rabbit holes waving a piece of plastic that upon second inspection looks remarkable like an arse.
The now affectionately named arse card is being sent to current and new members of Barclaycard offering some preferential interest rates, that didn't matter to me as my first reaction to the letter was 'I'm going to get an arse card!'
Imagine my dismay when I open the new letter and find not a posterior shaped piece of polymerised hydrocarbon but the bog standard rectangle with the butt like shape printed on it...
I feel robbed, now where is that hacksaw...
June 22, 2004
HST
Hunter S Thompson
The God of gonzo puts his boot up the arse of the right (again).
"These horrifying digital snapshots of the American dream in action on foreign soil are worse than anything even I could have expected. I have been in this business a long time and I have seen many staggering things, but this one is over the line. Now I am really ashamed to carry an American passport."
Deleted from the ESPN article 'Let's go to the Olympics' was "Not even the foulest atrocities of Adolf Hitler ever shocked me so badly as these [Abu Ghraib] photographs did".
Admittedly a little strong but it is nothing compared to trying to redirect attention by showing a Baathist torture video to reporters in an attempt to say look 'Iraqi's are better off, we aren't so bad'.
Hunter S. Thompson, George W. Bush and the Free Republic
The God of gonzo puts his boot up the arse of the right (again).
"These horrifying digital snapshots of the American dream in action on foreign soil are worse than anything even I could have expected. I have been in this business a long time and I have seen many staggering things, but this one is over the line. Now I am really ashamed to carry an American passport."
Deleted from the ESPN article 'Let's go to the Olympics' was "Not even the foulest atrocities of Adolf Hitler ever shocked me so badly as these [Abu Ghraib] photographs did".
Admittedly a little strong but it is nothing compared to trying to redirect attention by showing a Baathist torture video to reporters in an attempt to say look 'Iraqi's are better off, we aren't so bad'.
Hunter S. Thompson, George W. Bush and the Free Republic
June 10, 2004
Spunk
Semen as a Medium
Artists 'used semen' in protest paintings (Via)
"A political artist in the US claims his portraits of Bill Clinton and George W Bush contain his own semen."
I could think of better ways to protest, although I am interested to see how good the paintings are having seen the art that uses elephant shit as an additional medium the sperm might give the images a nice sheen...
Artists 'used semen' in protest paintings (Via)
"A political artist in the US claims his portraits of Bill Clinton and George W Bush contain his own semen."
I could think of better ways to protest, although I am interested to see how good the paintings are having seen the art that uses elephant shit as an additional medium the sperm might give the images a nice sheen...
June 07, 2004
Warning!
Step Away From The Computer...
...and put the mouse down
"Dust on the computer in front of you right now contains toxic chemicals that can lead to long-term neurological and reproductive health problems, according to a new study."
Dust on gadgets is toxic Flame retardants used on computers called health risk (Via)
Is there anything that won't kill you?
Own up who among you felt it necessary to send me this? Whom ever it was I've got an antidote right here (Via) -
"In the hours after former President Ronald Reagan's passing, at age 93, it was amusing to witness the rewriting of history.
Suddenly, the man who redirected billions of dollars away from domestic needs to build the largest nuclear arsenal on the planet and ran up record deficits was remade as a statesman who restored dignity and direction to his country. Commentators seem to have forgotten that members of his administration investigated and indicted at a staggering rate and Reagan himself could have been impeached for allowing aides to create a shadow government that peddled weapons to sworn enemies of the United States and used the profits to fund illegal wars in Central America"
Two fingers to you which you would see if you didn't have your head firmly planted up the right wing Republican elephant’s arse.
"Jesus was a communist" - Fidel Castro
“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God” - Matthew 19:23-26
...and put the mouse down
"Dust on the computer in front of you right now contains toxic chemicals that can lead to long-term neurological and reproductive health problems, according to a new study."
Dust on gadgets is toxic Flame retardants used on computers called health risk (Via)
Is there anything that won't kill you?
Own up who among you felt it necessary to send me this? Whom ever it was I've got an antidote right here (Via) -
"In the hours after former President Ronald Reagan's passing, at age 93, it was amusing to witness the rewriting of history.
Suddenly, the man who redirected billions of dollars away from domestic needs to build the largest nuclear arsenal on the planet and ran up record deficits was remade as a statesman who restored dignity and direction to his country. Commentators seem to have forgotten that members of his administration investigated and indicted at a staggering rate and Reagan himself could have been impeached for allowing aides to create a shadow government that peddled weapons to sworn enemies of the United States and used the profits to fund illegal wars in Central America"
Two fingers to you which you would see if you didn't have your head firmly planted up the right wing Republican elephant’s arse.
"Jesus was a communist" - Fidel Castro
“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God” - Matthew 19:23-26
May 23, 2004
Obey
Ire and Inspire
Some wouldn't consider it art something for which the definition is blurred from person to person whether you like sheep in formaldehyde or landscapes of an 80 year olds garden is immaterial know what you like and enjoy it.
Be the Revolution
Some wouldn't consider it art something for which the definition is blurred from person to person whether you like sheep in formaldehyde or landscapes of an 80 year olds garden is immaterial know what you like and enjoy it.
Be the Revolution
May 20, 2004
Greeny
Environmental Events
West Coast salmon likely to remain protected
"The Bush administration yesterday infuriated Northwest developers and farmers by telling Congress it expects to keep Endangered Species Act protections for 25 of 26 troubled runs of West Coast salmon."
The ultra secretive Environmental Protection Agency headed by Dick 'Halliburton' Cheney has recently announced in its own words 'dramatic' new diesel laws on the surface it is a job well done but cynics point out that it is an election year and many companies are already doing it.
Anybody catch the new Esso adverts claiming a greener than green commitment to researching environmentally friendly alternatives to fossil fuels?
For those who don't know the corporate structure of Esso it is owned by ExxonMobil who besides naming an oil tanker after Condoleezza Rice has one of the most abysmal environmental records of all the energy giants.
They have also denied the existence of global warming and in the past decade paid a grand total of ZERO compensation to the communities devastated by the Exxon Valdez incident.
One unexpected yet pleasingly hopeful outcomes of the current high oil prices the country that prided itself on the gas guzzling SUV's has finally seen the light through the smog of the advantages of fuel efficient cars.
Driving towards political correctness
West Coast salmon likely to remain protected
"The Bush administration yesterday infuriated Northwest developers and farmers by telling Congress it expects to keep Endangered Species Act protections for 25 of 26 troubled runs of West Coast salmon."
The ultra secretive Environmental Protection Agency headed by Dick 'Halliburton' Cheney has recently announced in its own words 'dramatic' new diesel laws on the surface it is a job well done but cynics point out that it is an election year and many companies are already doing it.
Anybody catch the new Esso adverts claiming a greener than green commitment to researching environmentally friendly alternatives to fossil fuels?
For those who don't know the corporate structure of Esso it is owned by ExxonMobil who besides naming an oil tanker after Condoleezza Rice has one of the most abysmal environmental records of all the energy giants.
They have also denied the existence of global warming and in the past decade paid a grand total of ZERO compensation to the communities devastated by the Exxon Valdez incident.
One unexpected yet pleasingly hopeful outcomes of the current high oil prices the country that prided itself on the gas guzzling SUV's has finally seen the light through the smog of the advantages of fuel efficient cars.
Driving towards political correctness
May 05, 2004
Nod
The Yes Men Strike Again
For those who don't know The Yes Men are a cabal of pranksters aiming at some of the biggest targets the world has ever known.
They cemented their notoriety by convincingly spoofing the now defunct World Trade Organisation and last year produced the best of all the decks of cards "55 Most Wanted Playing Card Deck for U.S. Regime Change". Tony Blair if you remember was the Queen of Hearts...
Recently they turned up at an extremist capitalism think tanks conference and perpetrated some hilarious yet starkly accepted as truth direct activism.
Heritage
For those who don't know The Yes Men are a cabal of pranksters aiming at some of the biggest targets the world has ever known.
They cemented their notoriety by convincingly spoofing the now defunct World Trade Organisation and last year produced the best of all the decks of cards "55 Most Wanted Playing Card Deck for U.S. Regime Change". Tony Blair if you remember was the Queen of Hearts...
Recently they turned up at an extremist capitalism think tanks conference and perpetrated some hilarious yet starkly accepted as truth direct activism.
Heritage
April 19, 2004
McDonalds
Oh the Irony...
I've no idea where the image originated from, if it is yours its fabulous.
"Jim Cantalupo, chief executive and chairman of fast-food chain McDonald's, has died of an apparent heart attack."
McDonald's CEO Jim Cantalupo dies
A simulation of what it is like to work at McDonalds.
I've no idea where the image originated from, if it is yours its fabulous.
"Jim Cantalupo, chief executive and chairman of fast-food chain McDonald's, has died of an apparent heart attack."
McDonald's CEO Jim Cantalupo dies
A simulation of what it is like to work at McDonalds.
March 20, 2004
Carver
Dining at Iraq's Table
It is a year later Osama is still free Saddam is in custody, 10000 civilians are dead with over 500 allied troops also deceased.
Amenity cuts and daily bomb attacks by Al-Qaeda forces who weren't previously present in a country on a knife edge the Kurds want independence and the Shia are very unhappy.
There is however some unscrupulous individuals who of profiting out of death and destruction, hey it's a new market that has opened up and there is a site which will tell you who is having a five course meal and who is merely taking home a doggy back.
War Profiteers
It is a year later Osama is still free Saddam is in custody, 10000 civilians are dead with over 500 allied troops also deceased.
Amenity cuts and daily bomb attacks by Al-Qaeda forces who weren't previously present in a country on a knife edge the Kurds want independence and the Shia are very unhappy.
There is however some unscrupulous individuals who of profiting out of death and destruction, hey it's a new market that has opened up and there is a site which will tell you who is having a five course meal and who is merely taking home a doggy back.
War Profiteers
January 02, 2004
Narco
It's Back
Narco News Reborn - A $30,000 Matching Grant, and a New Model for Authentic Journalism
In addition some interesting articles for your consumption.
Separation of church and state, Dick Cheney's Xmas card carried a line of co-opted God babble "And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?" (Cheney likes to hunt Pheasant, who says American's don't understand irony?) many empires have used religious shields to hide more sinister intentions each one has eventually crumbled and failed resigned to the history books.
It's worth remembering that Christ taught non-violence.
God On Their Side
Too many variables any attempt to solidify an opinion on the Middle East like building on fast moving quicksand and picking a side will most definitely end in an accusation of multiple forms of prejudice.
Israel seeks to avoid Middle East disarmament fest
Place your bets, who is next to go in the axis Iran or Syria? Will the US kick Iran while it's down or go after Syria? Either way Britain currently engages both in dialogue (Al-Assad even paid the UK a visit) and wouldn't be as eager to go to war as they did over Iraq and what is with Libya? Is Gaddafi up to something?
US promotes ''opposition'' to topple Bashar…
The Libyan Turnabout On WMD has quotes from the editorial originally printed in the Independent about Libya's sudden change of heart Why carrots for Libya, but only sticks for Iraq? (I can't find a free version, sorry)
Narco News Reborn - A $30,000 Matching Grant, and a New Model for Authentic Journalism
In addition some interesting articles for your consumption.
Separation of church and state, Dick Cheney's Xmas card carried a line of co-opted God babble "And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?" (Cheney likes to hunt Pheasant, who says American's don't understand irony?) many empires have used religious shields to hide more sinister intentions each one has eventually crumbled and failed resigned to the history books.
It's worth remembering that Christ taught non-violence.
God On Their Side
Too many variables any attempt to solidify an opinion on the Middle East like building on fast moving quicksand and picking a side will most definitely end in an accusation of multiple forms of prejudice.
Israel seeks to avoid Middle East disarmament fest
Place your bets, who is next to go in the axis Iran or Syria? Will the US kick Iran while it's down or go after Syria? Either way Britain currently engages both in dialogue (Al-Assad even paid the UK a visit) and wouldn't be as eager to go to war as they did over Iraq and what is with Libya? Is Gaddafi up to something?
US promotes ''opposition'' to topple Bashar…
The Libyan Turnabout On WMD has quotes from the editorial originally printed in the Independent about Libya's sudden change of heart Why carrots for Libya, but only sticks for Iraq? (I can't find a free version, sorry)
December 04, 2003
FTAA
Free Trade Area of the Americas
From decimated economies they came in a vein hope that there would be some crumbs left over at the capitalist gang bang, many still in shock at how NAFTA systematically imploded country after country devaluing currencies to fractions of their previous worth.
Neo-liberal (I despise that term) economics is championed but not practiced by the United States although it is heading down that road conservatives have wanted to privatise social security and Medicare health provisions for decades only now when they control the House of Representatives and the Senate do they have any chance of passing such bills.
Every country except one ratified the FTAA but Brazil, Argentina, and Bolivia had stipulations written in to maintain at least a little control, the only person not accepting this new globalisation nightmare was Venezuela at the summit in Miami Hugo Chávez (Viva!) has been quoted as saying "FTAA is the PATH TO HELL".
Chavez versus the free trade zombies of the Americas
If I hadn't received email alerts I'd never have known this was going on the collective silence by the mainstream media is deafening, it also ushered in an entirely new brutality against peaceful protestors by the American Police.
From FTAA Lite to War Lite
FTAA Protesters Brutalized in Miami! (Video)
The Miami Model
"The war is coming home." - Naomi Klein
From decimated economies they came in a vein hope that there would be some crumbs left over at the capitalist gang bang, many still in shock at how NAFTA systematically imploded country after country devaluing currencies to fractions of their previous worth.
Neo-liberal (I despise that term) economics is championed but not practiced by the United States although it is heading down that road conservatives have wanted to privatise social security and Medicare health provisions for decades only now when they control the House of Representatives and the Senate do they have any chance of passing such bills.
Every country except one ratified the FTAA but Brazil, Argentina, and Bolivia had stipulations written in to maintain at least a little control, the only person not accepting this new globalisation nightmare was Venezuela at the summit in Miami Hugo Chávez (Viva!) has been quoted as saying "FTAA is the PATH TO HELL".
Chavez versus the free trade zombies of the Americas
If I hadn't received email alerts I'd never have known this was going on the collective silence by the mainstream media is deafening, it also ushered in an entirely new brutality against peaceful protestors by the American Police.
From FTAA Lite to War Lite
FTAA Protesters Brutalized in Miami! (Video)
The Miami Model
"The war is coming home." - Naomi Klein
December 02, 2003
Dying
Death to Disney!!!
Whether Walt Disney's head is sitting in a cryo laboratory is insignificant compared to how Michael Eisner has run a once highly profitable company into the ground in the last two years. The cartoon rodent whose birthday gets a mention on the news every year isn't enough to save this company from its collective abyss of unoriginality the only part that makes any money at the box office is Pixar who because of Mr. Eisner wants out and out now.
Eisner has also cause friction with film company Miramax which is headed by Harvey 'Where the fuck is Freddie Prinze Jnr?' Weinstein, who is a man not to be messed with. Media moguls especially film studio executives are some of the crudest most ruthless men in business epitomised by Jack Warner of Warner Bros who when speaking to Einstein has been quoted as saying "I have a theory of relatives too. Don't hire 'em."
Walt's nephew quits Disney, ridiculing a Mickey Mouse organisation
2nd Eisner foe exits board
Slight tangent, but a funny story. When Warren Beatty showed Jack Warner Bonnie and Clyde he described it as 'A three piss movie' when Beatty tried to explain it was an homage to 1930's gangster flicks he simply replied 'What the fucks an homage?'.
Back with Miramax, it is humorous to think of Reservoir Dogs and knowing who owns Miramax that makes Tarantino's first film a Disney movie. Sticking with Quentin he wants to do a remake of Casino Royale "the right way" with Pierce Brosnan but set it after the events of On Her Majesty's Secret Service with this reasoning -
"I want Bond to be in mourning when he falls in love with Vesper Lynd, the woman in the novel. From what I know of Brosnan and read in interviews, I think he'd want to go in the direction I'd want to take Bond, though I'm not certain producers of the series would agree." Initially when I heard about this I thought it would be an absolutely atrocious idea especially trying to do a follow up of arguably the least popular Bond film ever, but that said I'd be very interested to see what Tarantino would do with it. (In six form I was likened to Tarantino)
If you’ve ever wanted to know who owns what in the media The Nation has a very good clickable chart showing that it is only ten extremely large companies that own practically everything.
Whether Walt Disney's head is sitting in a cryo laboratory is insignificant compared to how Michael Eisner has run a once highly profitable company into the ground in the last two years. The cartoon rodent whose birthday gets a mention on the news every year isn't enough to save this company from its collective abyss of unoriginality the only part that makes any money at the box office is Pixar who because of Mr. Eisner wants out and out now.
Eisner has also cause friction with film company Miramax which is headed by Harvey 'Where the fuck is Freddie Prinze Jnr?' Weinstein, who is a man not to be messed with. Media moguls especially film studio executives are some of the crudest most ruthless men in business epitomised by Jack Warner of Warner Bros who when speaking to Einstein has been quoted as saying "I have a theory of relatives too. Don't hire 'em."
Walt's nephew quits Disney, ridiculing a Mickey Mouse organisation
2nd Eisner foe exits board
Slight tangent, but a funny story. When Warren Beatty showed Jack Warner Bonnie and Clyde he described it as 'A three piss movie' when Beatty tried to explain it was an homage to 1930's gangster flicks he simply replied 'What the fucks an homage?'.
Back with Miramax, it is humorous to think of Reservoir Dogs and knowing who owns Miramax that makes Tarantino's first film a Disney movie. Sticking with Quentin he wants to do a remake of Casino Royale "the right way" with Pierce Brosnan but set it after the events of On Her Majesty's Secret Service with this reasoning -
"I want Bond to be in mourning when he falls in love with Vesper Lynd, the woman in the novel. From what I know of Brosnan and read in interviews, I think he'd want to go in the direction I'd want to take Bond, though I'm not certain producers of the series would agree." Initially when I heard about this I thought it would be an absolutely atrocious idea especially trying to do a follow up of arguably the least popular Bond film ever, but that said I'd be very interested to see what Tarantino would do with it. (In six form I was likened to Tarantino)
If you’ve ever wanted to know who owns what in the media The Nation has a very good clickable chart showing that it is only ten extremely large companies that own practically everything.
September 27, 2003
Black Spot
CNN Veers Back to the Left
In a world where a majority of the mainstream US media acts as an unofficial cheerleading squad for the American President no matter how far down the Rabbit hole he decides to take the country, the unquestioning yet conscious shift to the right is evident in every story and press release. From sob story to 'and finally' it is all collectively tainted with bias as far from fair as balanced as George Bush is from any of the wars he started.
Diatribe over, CNN is the only channel that has decided to show the AdBusters 'Black Spot' advert for the Unbrand America campaign, well owner Ted Turner is an overt supporter of Fidel Castro...
Cost of War now has a fabulous little counter, go get one and tell all your friends...
In a world where a majority of the mainstream US media acts as an unofficial cheerleading squad for the American President no matter how far down the Rabbit hole he decides to take the country, the unquestioning yet conscious shift to the right is evident in every story and press release. From sob story to 'and finally' it is all collectively tainted with bias as far from fair as balanced as George Bush is from any of the wars he started.
Diatribe over, CNN is the only channel that has decided to show the AdBusters 'Black Spot' advert for the Unbrand America campaign, well owner Ted Turner is an overt supporter of Fidel Castro...
Cost of War now has a fabulous little counter, go get one and tell all your friends...
September 20, 2003
Oppressed
So Much Oppression It Is Painful
Free: Burma, Tibet, Nepal, Chechnya, Aceh, Iraq, Iran, China, Turkmenistan, Belarus, Lebanon, North Korea, Cuba, Zimbabwe, Libya...
...countries without website representation are Angola, Algeria, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Ivory Coast, Colombia, Israel and the Occupied Territories (Plenty of Free Palestine), Uzbekistan...
I'm sure there is more.
Free: Burma, Tibet, Nepal, Chechnya, Aceh, Iraq, Iran, China, Turkmenistan, Belarus, Lebanon, North Korea, Cuba, Zimbabwe, Libya...
...countries without website representation are Angola, Algeria, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Ivory Coast, Colombia, Israel and the Occupied Territories (Plenty of Free Palestine), Uzbekistan...
I'm sure there is more.
September 15, 2003
Cancún
Mexican Hat Dance At The Capitalist
Gangbang
Being far to overly distracted by image creation I've neglected to cover the meeting of the worlds most powerful economic nation in Cancun, Mexico with the usual fortifications, a death and a whole load of activists from all walks of life.
Whenever the G8 (Is it G10 now?) meet there is always a trail of violence, general chaos and the occasional important decision but not often perhaps they should create an economic UN which would be something but its essentially another vast bureaucratic black hole.
Similar to the Buddhist monks in Saigon during the Vietnam war but less spectacular a Korean farmer by the name of Kun Hai Lee committed ritual suicide by stabbing himself after proclaiming 'the WTO kill farmers' the press release by the WTO was expectedly dehumanised and insincere 'We all regret this sad incident. This self-inflicted wound has resulted in his death, so we do regret it.'
Cancun Files: WTO Opens to Tragedy and Protest
Cancun Files: Remembering Lee Kyung Hae
There is literally a weeks worth of commentary even more that could be applied to events in Cancun but I had been side tracked so here are the links:
Global inequality and The Economist: a reply to James Galbraith
The WTO Kicks-off in Cancún
The WTO in Cancun
Dispatches from Cancún Part 1
Dispatch from Cancún Part 2
Future Uncertain After Collapse of Talks
Now some other items, speaking of being fucked in the arse (Such a tenuous link) Rectal Foreign Bodies the list of items that have been found inserted is both frightening and remarkable.
"In 1955 one man who was "feeling depressed" reportedly inserted a six-inch paper tube into his rectum, dropped in a lighted firecracker, and blew a hole in his anterior rectal wall. This changed his mood real quick."
Two news stories that have gone relatively unnoticed US spy confirms Dr Kelly's death 'was not suicide' (Was reported in the Daily Mail but I wouldn't touch that paper to wipe my arse let alone read) and Guinea-Bissau Coup Leader Assumes Presidency.
Is Russia returning to it's Communist suppression of the Soviet era? Maybe.
Being far to overly distracted by image creation I've neglected to cover the meeting of the worlds most powerful economic nation in Cancun, Mexico with the usual fortifications, a death and a whole load of activists from all walks of life.
Whenever the G8 (Is it G10 now?) meet there is always a trail of violence, general chaos and the occasional important decision but not often perhaps they should create an economic UN which would be something but its essentially another vast bureaucratic black hole.
Similar to the Buddhist monks in Saigon during the Vietnam war but less spectacular a Korean farmer by the name of Kun Hai Lee committed ritual suicide by stabbing himself after proclaiming 'the WTO kill farmers' the press release by the WTO was expectedly dehumanised and insincere 'We all regret this sad incident. This self-inflicted wound has resulted in his death, so we do regret it.'
Cancun Files: WTO Opens to Tragedy and Protest
Cancun Files: Remembering Lee Kyung Hae
There is literally a weeks worth of commentary even more that could be applied to events in Cancun but I had been side tracked so here are the links:
Global inequality and The Economist: a reply to James Galbraith
The WTO Kicks-off in Cancún
The WTO in Cancun
Dispatches from Cancún Part 1
Dispatch from Cancún Part 2
Future Uncertain After Collapse of Talks
Now some other items, speaking of being fucked in the arse (Such a tenuous link) Rectal Foreign Bodies the list of items that have been found inserted is both frightening and remarkable.
"In 1955 one man who was "feeling depressed" reportedly inserted a six-inch paper tube into his rectum, dropped in a lighted firecracker, and blew a hole in his anterior rectal wall. This changed his mood real quick."
Two news stories that have gone relatively unnoticed US spy confirms Dr Kelly's death 'was not suicide' (Was reported in the Daily Mail but I wouldn't touch that paper to wipe my arse let alone read) and Guinea-Bissau Coup Leader Assumes Presidency.
Is Russia returning to it's Communist suppression of the Soviet era? Maybe.
September 07, 2003
Convicted
Raise the Fist Founder Gets Fucked
Ever since the founder of voxfux went underground people have been waiting for the next high profile victim of the repealing of freedom of speech and attempted silencing of a dissenter.
Sherman Austin was charged with the “distribution of information relating to explosives, destructive devices and weapons of mass destruction” does that mean that every news site that told me Ricin came from castor oil seeds, described the intimate details of the bombs we are dropping on Iraq and Afghanistan as well as being able to purchase anti aircraft missiles from e
Ever since the founder of voxfux went underground people have been waiting for the next high profile victim of the repealing of freedom of speech and attempted silencing of a dissenter.
Sherman Austin was charged with the “distribution of information relating to explosives, destructive devices and weapons of mass destruction” does that mean that every news site that told me Ricin came from castor oil seeds, described the intimate details of the bombs we are dropping on Iraq and Afghanistan as well as being able to purchase anti aircraft missiles from e